Combined seed-planter.



PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906.

J. W. LITTLE. COMBINED SEED PLANTBR.

APPLICATION I ILED MAR-2. 1906.

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PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906.

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COMBINED SEED PLANTER.

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No. 838,345. PAIENTED DEC. 11, 1906. J. w. LITTLE.

COMBINED SEED PLANTER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED SEED-PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed March 2, 1906. Serial No. 303,743.

of February 6, 1906, numbered 812,057.

' WVith these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

Inorder that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved planter; Fig. 2, a horizontal longitudinal section; Fig. 3, a vertical crosssection through the hopper, showing the feed mechanism; Fig. 4, a plan view of one of the feed-disks; Fig. 5, a similar view of another of the feed-disks, and Fig: 6 a similar view of still another of the feed-disks.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the frame of the machine, which may be of any suitable construction, having journaled in the rear portion thereof the shaft B, upon which latter is secured the sleeve C, which has secured thereto the section (Z of the friction and covering wheel D. The other section 0 of this wheel is provided with an elongated hub f, fitted upon the sleeve C, so as to be adjusted thereon, and by means of the set-screws E the sections (1 and e of this wheel may be brought together or separated to adapt the machine for different kinds of plantingas, for instance, when the planting is taking place in dry ground the sections of the wheel are brought together so that the curved rim or foot may exert considerable pressure upon the ground; but when cottonseeds are being planted in soft or wet ground the sections of the wheel are separated, so that too much pressure may not be exerted over the seed, which would otherwise pack the earth unduly upon the seed.

A double gear-wheel F is secured upon the shaft B, either set of the teeth of which are adapted to mesh with the bevel-gear G, the latter being adjustably secured upon the shaftH, by which arrangement the shaft H may be revolved at two different speeds,

since if this gear is adjusted to mesh With the inner set of the teeth of the gear F it will revolve at a lower speed than if it is adjusted to mesh with the outer set of teeth of the gear F, as will be readily understood.

The shaft H is j ournaled in suitable bearings and has a spring-actuated clutch member I splined thereon, adapted to mesh with a corresponding clutch member J, rigidly secured upon the shaft H, the latter shaft being in alinement with the shaft H.

A yoke K embraces the clutch member I, and the fork L, formed with the lever M, engages the upper end of the yoke, so that through the movements of this lever the clutch member may be engaged or disengaged, as oocasion requires. The lever M is pivoted to the frame of the machine, as indicated in dotted 'lines at a, and extends upward alongside of one of the handles of the machine, so as to be in easy reach of the operator. N is a rack with which the pin N, projecting from the side of the lever M, is adapted to engage for holding the lever in any adjustment.

When the clutch member I is drawn out of engagement with the clutch member J, the operating mechanism of the machine will remain at rest.

The shaft H has secured thereon the bevelgear 0, which meshes with and revolves the bevel-gear P, the latter having formed therewith the bevel-gear Q, which in turn meshes with the bevel-gear R, secured upon the vertical shaft S. This last-named shaft passes upward through the bottom of the hopper T and carries the agitator U. .15 V re resents the bottom of the hopper, upon wliich the grain or seed rests, and this bottom is inclined, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so as to give the grain or seed a tendency to shake toward the opening or outlet W, and the feed or discharging wheel X is arranged to revolve immediately over this opening, so as to force the grain or seed therethrough, and this wheel is secured upon the shaft Y, which is journaled in a suitable bracket in the side of the hopper and has secured upon its outer end the sprocket Z.

The sprocket-wheel Z is connected by any suitable chain or belt mechanism to the sprocket-wheel A, which latter is secured upon the shaft A carrying the double bevel ICO IIO

gears P and Q, by which arrangement the feed-wheel X is caused to revolve when the removable bottom B (shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3)-issecured within the hopper, its object being to more readily feed the seed to the opening W, as it is well understood that cotton-seeds, on account of the fuzzv or lint carried thereby, do not move as easily as corn or other kinds of grain.

C is a spout which leads from the bottom of. the hopper to the furrow-opener C to which it is attached, the upper end of the furrow-opener being attached to the frame by a bolt C passing through the bracket C and the end of the opener, and this bracket is provided with a number of holes, so as to adjust the depth to which the furrow-opener will be put into the ground.

D represents one of the feed-disks, which isdetachably secured to the shaft S inv order that it may be readily removed and another disk substituted in its place when occasion requires, and this disk has the holes D formed therein for the reception of the seeds tov be planted, so: that when these seeds drop through the hole or outlet W they will eventually fall into one. of the openings D and by them be conveyed to the outlet D through which they will fall into the spout O, andthus be conveyed to the furrow, being opened by the furrow-opener C As: the machine moves forward the scraper E will close the furrow, and thus cover the seed, and this scraper is attached to the frameA by means of the spring-arm E The disk shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are for feeding various kinds of seed.

W is an adjustable slide, having its lower surface corrugated to fit corrugations in the bottom V, the object of which is to regulate the outlet through the hole W to determine the quantity of seed fed therethrough.

The disk D (shown in Fig. 4) is provided with the wings or scrapers D adapted to travel in the groove D in the permanent bottom of the hopper, so that certain classes of seed will be agitated by these wings and carried around this groove until reaching the opening D through which they will fall to the spout O. 7

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is In combination, a hopper having an opening in its bottom formed into a continuous groove, a discharge-opening therein, a seeddisk having seed-orifices and pendent wings, of an inclined false bottom for guiding the seed to the orifices in the disk, and an agitator journaled immediately over the exitorifi'ce, all substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnessesv JOSEPH W. LITTLE.

Witnesses:

SHAW EALLS, Sn) A. DEANES. 

